1953 Des Moines Bruins Statistics

Western League (WL) - Class: A
Team Record: 77-78
Finished 4th in the WL
Manager: Kemp Wicker (0-0), Bruce Edwards (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Ballpark: Sec Taylor Stadium I
Attendance: 98,972, Avg. 1,277

1953 Des Moines Bruins Roster

Playoffs - Des Moines Bruins 3 games, Colorado Springs Sky Sox 1
Finals - Des Moines Bruins 3 games, Denver Bears 1

The Des Moines Bruins of the Western League ended the 1953 season with a record of 77 wins and 78 losses, finishing fourth in the WL.

The Bruins allowed 662 runs, least in the league. Des Moines plated 687 runs. John Magliolo led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .284 clip. Don Watkins and Bob Zick topped the team with 14 wins each, while Bob Zick earned a 2.96 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

El Tappe, Paul Schramka, Bob Zick, Chris Kitsos, Joe Stanka, Dewey Adkins and Bruce Edwards were all players from the 1953 Des Moines Bruins who played in the Majors during their careers.

Kemp Wicker and Bruce Edwards served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Don Watkins	14	10	.583	3.04	31	29					228.0	181	93	77	9	97
Bob Zick	14	12	.538	2.96	35	29					240.0	195	100	79	15	108
Richard Verbic	12	14	.462	3.30	37	28					191.0	200	100	70	7	81
Tom LeGros	10	4	.714	3.60	24	20					165.0	157	76	66	17	43
Dewey Adkins	9	8	.529	4.59	47	3					98.0	99	56	50	7	49
Donald Vike	6	8	.429	3.12	29	19					130.0	136	65	45	7	67
Bob Hartig	4	9	.308	3.41	23	18					132.0	104	64	50	4	63
Joe Stanka	1	3	.250	0.00	6						28.0	23				23
Totals	70	68	.507	3.25	232	146	0	0	0	0	1212.0	1095	554	437	66	531	0	0	0	0	0	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Burdette Thurlby	152	543	543		144	22	13	3						.265	.265	.370	.635	201
John Magliolo	139	461	461		131	28	0	2						.284	.284	.358	.642	165
Dave Cunningham	128	471	471		131	21	4	22						.278	.278	.480	.758	226
Ned Folmar	136	483	483		120	27	2	2						.248	.248	.325	.573	157
Jimmie McDaniel	126	422	422		95	15	2	12						.225	.225	.355	.581	150
Paul Schramka	80	310	310		83	19	1	9						.268	.268	.423	.690	131
Chris Kitsos	113	370	370		81	15	4	0						.219	.219	.281	.500	104
Edwin Plank	107	336	336		67	11	0	2						.199	.199	.250	.449	84
El Tappe	85	257	257		55	4	0	0						.214	.214	.230	.444	59
Bruce Edwards	50	166	166		53	10	1	7						.319	.319	.518	.837	86
Ronnie George	67	220	220		53	10	2	1						.241	.241	.318	.559	70
Robert Murray	74	169	169		39	8	2	7						.231	.231	.426	.657	72
Charles Teague	19	74	74		20	6	0	2						.270	.270	.432	.703	32
Percy Hough	62	109	109		20	5	0	2						.183	.183	.284	.468	31
Bob Zick	43	89	89		18	2	2	0						.202	.202	.270	.472	24
Tom LeGros	26	58	58		15	2	0	0						.259	.259	.293	.552	17
Theodore Lotz	24	69	69		14	1	0	0						.203	.203	.217	.420	15
Don Watkins	33	76	76		14	4	0	0						.184	.184	.237	.421	18
Earl Birnel	23	60	60		11	1	1	0						.183	.183	.233	.417	14
Donald Vike	29	39	39		10	1	0	0						.256	.256	.282	.538	11
Richard Verbic	37	57	57		10	1	0	0						.175	.175	.193	.368	11
Rube Walker	22	44	44		9	2	0	1						.205	.205	.318	.523	14
Elmer Westfall	13	37	37		8	0	0	0						.216	.216	.216	.432	8
Bob Hartig	23	40	40		8	3	1	0						.200	.200	.325	.525	13
Elvin Stabelfeld	16	12	12		3	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	3
Dewey Adkins	47	13	13		2	1	0	0						.154	.154	.231	.385	3
George Large	12	20	20		2	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	2
Alby Plain	23	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1709	5010	5010	0	1216	219	35	72	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.243	.344	.586	1721	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ronnie George	1B	61	531	29	7		.988	9.180
Chris Kitsos	2B	72	200	201	16		.962	5.569
Charles Teague	2B	19	40	65	4		.963	5.526
Ned Folmar	3B	86	74	171	24		.911	2.849
Bruce Edwards	3B	36	40	70	10		.917	3.056
Earl Birnel	3B	21	19	32	5		.911	2.429
El Tappe	C	76	372	41	8		.981	5.434
Robert Murray	C	51	254	34	7		.976	5.647
Percy Hough	C	31	127	18	3		.980	4.677
Rube Walker	C	11	44	8	1		.981	4.727
John Magliolo	OF	115	278	22	8		.974	2.609
Jimmie McDaniel	OF	114	214	14	9		.962	2.000
Paul Schramka	OF	79	188	8	3		.985	2.481
Dave Cunningham	OF	79	147	8	8		.951	1.962
Burdette Thurlby	OF	61	104	7	3		.974	1.820
Theodore Lotz	OF	21	50	2	2		.963	2.476
Dewey Adkins	P	47						.000
Richard Verbic	P	37						.000
Bob Zick	P	35						.000
Don Watkins	P	31						.000
Donald Vike	P	29						.000
Tom LeGros	P	24						.000
Bob Hartig	P	23						.000
Joe Stanka	P	6						.000
Edwin Plank	SS	90	134	276	37		.917	4.556
Totals		1255	2816	1006	155	0	.961	3.045

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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